Does anyone here have any experience with EMDR therapy? My therapist is recommending it for me because of past abuse and also for my husband who was abused by his uncle. I have read a lot about it online but wanted to know if anyone had any personal experience.

I've been doing EMDR for the past year. Everything in my life prior to about age 15 did not exist. Since that time I've recovered pieces of the puzzle that has allowed me to put together what happened to me. How long it lasted. Who was the primary perpetrator....and triggers...lots of them. Also identified multiple coping mechanisms that I used to survive that today I can look at an marvel how damn well I've done all things considered.

I'm not perfect, still have alot of work ahead of me. Still have crap days when the gloom doesn't shake off....BUT....I am in a much better place today than I was one year ago when the only thing that occupied my mind was finality in existence.

I understand it isn't for everyone, but as a PTSD survivor, this work has improved my life and given me hope to live. Best of luck in your endeavors.

My husband has been doing the EMDR for several months now. It has made a huge improvement in him. He said that the first session was really hard because his abuse slapped him in the face and truly became real to.him, but they have gotten easier over time. I also.had some EMDR therapy. I have.virtually no memories from the past, just vague ones here and there and it has helped a lot with that. It is.really.hard at first but it gets easier and is really worth it in the end.

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